These podcasts are commentary and discussions of images posted on the Astronomy Picture of the Day website.
In today's image, we see Wolf-Rayet star 18 and its surrounding nebula. The nebula is asymmetric - brighter to the upper right and fainter to the lower...
In today's image, we see Wild's Triplet which contains three spiral galaxies which appear to be interacting with each other. However, it has been found...
In today's image, we see a video showing a total lunar eclipse which was visible from Tajikistan in 2011. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes...
In today's image, we see our Sun in an image taken in the light of hydrogen, converted to black and white and then inverted to give a negative image....
In today's image, we see a lunar eclipse as observed at the South Pole telescopes from May of this year. In the deepest part of the eclipse, the Moon...